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The Hindi calendar 2017 is provided by the website ashram.
It has marked all the important festivals and tithi in the Hindi language. The 2017
Hindi calendar is not in pdf format but in picture format. You can save it each
month for your personal use.
You can find Hindi language calendar 2017 here at
the official website of Ashram.

There is a story in the Puranas which state that Jayanti,
the daughter of Indra, became wife of Shukracharya for 10 years. Shukracharya
was the priest and teacher of Asuras or demons. Once Devas defeated the Asuras.
To acquire more powers, Shukracharya performed intense austerities to please
Shiva.

When the penance of Shukracharya became severe, Indra was
worried and wanted to break it. Indra thought that Guru Shukra would acquire
new powers, which will make Asuras powerful.

Indra asked his daughter Jayanti to become the servant of Shukra
and to break his penance somehow or other.

Jayanti did not like her father’s intention; but she also did
not want to disobey her father so she followed his orders.

She went to Kailasa, became the attendant of Shukra, and
stayed with him. She served him without any complaints. She maintained her
chastity and did not disturb the Guru in anyway.

Nelluvai Dhanwanthari Temple is located at Nelluvaya in Thrissur
District in Kerala. The shrine is around 21 km from Thrissur town. Nelluvai Dhanwanthari
Temple Timings with detail opening and closing time is given below. Please note
that the pooja and darshan time will extended or curtailed during important
rituals. The shrine will remain closed during Grahanam or Eclipse.

Andal Neerattotsavam is a unique festival dedicated to
Goddess Andal, or Godadevi, in Dhanrumasa at the famous Tirupati Balaji Temple.
The festival begins seven days before the Bhogi festival in Dhanurmasam. In
2019, Andal Neerattotsavam begins on January 6, 2018.

On all days during the period (starting from January 6), Andal
is performed special pujas in the morning at the Sri Govindarajaswami Temple.
After the puja, Andal is taken out on a palanquin procession from Sri
Govindarajaswami Temple. She moves through the mada streets and settles down at
the Neeratta mandapam at Ramachandra Teertham.

At the Neeratta Mandapam, Abhishekam, Nivedanam, Saattumora
and Asthanam are conducted as per customs to Godadevai. She remains there till
evening. Later the deity is being adorned with flowers and carried back in a
palanquin to Sri Govindarajaswami temple.

The Neerattotsavam is being performed for seven days.
On the eighth day i.e. on the Bhogi day, Andal along with Lord
Krishna, ascends the…

The ten-day long Patayani festival observed in Kadammanitta
Devi Temple attracts thousands of Padayani enthusiasts. The festival is
organized annually from the first of Medam month to the 10th of Malayalam
Medam month. Kadammanitta Devi Temple Patayani Festival 2017 date is April 14
to 23. Valiya Padayani is observed on Medam 8 and in 2017 it is on April 21.

Kanijramala Kolam and Oorali Padayani are the main
attractions here.
Padayani, also referred as Padeni, is performed in honor of
Goddess Bhadrakali in important Devi Temples in Central Kerala.
Kadammanitta Devi Temple is located around 5 km from
Pathanamthitta.

Khatu Shyam Mandir is located at Jharia and in Dhanbad and
the shrine is dedicated to Khatu Shyam, also known as Barbareek, is the
grandson of Bhima in the Mahabharata. He willingly gave his head in charity to
Lord Krishna before the Mahabharata war. Dhanbad Khatu Shyam Temple is
maintained by the Marwari community and is one of the important temples
dedicated to the deity outside Rajasthan.
The main murti of Khatu Shyam worshiped in the temple is
north facing and it sits on a silver throne. Shringar of the murti is performed
using an 11-meter long cloth.

The sanctum sanctorum is 8 by 10 feet and the height of the dome
is 30 feet. The sanctum sanctorum also has a silver horse, the vehicle of Khatu
Shyam.

108 types of bhoga are offered to the murti. Ekadasi and
Dwadasi in the Phalgun month are considered highly meritorious. Dasami nishan
yatra – spiritual journey using flags is held on Phalgun Dasami. These flags
are then offered to the deity.

He who is devoted to the path of action and is pure in soul,
who is master of his self and has conquered the senses, who realizes the Self
as the Self in all beings, though acting,he is not touched by taint of action.

The man who is united with the Divine, the knower of Truth,
thinks, “I do nothing at all.” For in seeing, hearing, touching, smelling,
eating, moving, sleeping, breathing, speaking, giving, seizing, opening and
closing the eyes, he holds that only the senses move among the objects of the
senses.

He who acts, abandoning attachment, surrendering all actions
to God, is untouched by sin, even as a lotus leaf by water.
The yogis abandoning attachment, perform action only for the
purification of their souls.Bhagavad Gita – Karma Vairagya Yoga